Verse
A# A#6 A# A#6
Everything works for you and I'm aching
A# A#6 A# A#6 D#
These plains are an ocean that's where we grieve
Cm
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
A# A#6 A# A#6
Open the turnstyles and we're racing
A# A#6 A# A#6 D#
F bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
Cm
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
A# Cm
Spend our time shadowboxin'
D# A#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
A#5 C5 D#5
King of the ring is silly but
A#5 G5 F5 D#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
A#5 C5 D#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
A#5 G5 F5 D#5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
[Verse 2]
A# A#6 A# A#6
Indian princess was a blockbuster
A# A#6 A# A#6 D#
Dances the waltz at her father's country club
Cm
The southern boys, yeah yeah
A# A#6 A# A#6
Everyone waits for you and mint juleps
A# A#6 A# A#6 D#
The dance floor's an ocean and that's where we drown
Cm
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
A# Cm
Spend our time shadowboxin'
D# A#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
A#5 C5 D#5
King of the ring is silly but
A#5 G5 F5 D#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
A#5 C5 D#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
A#5 G5 F5 D#5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la
F D#
He sings la la la la la la, la